#air

Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#be true #compassion #despair #faith #generals

I'm an interpreter of stories. When I perform it's like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories. ↗

— Nat King Cole

#fairy #i #interpreter #like #perform

I had a really good time in New Orleans, although I had some very tragic times in Baton Rouge. Some guys beat me up and threw my horn away. 'Cause I had a beard, then, and long hair like the Beatles. ↗

— Ornette Coleman

#away #baton #beard #beat #beatles

And though thou notest from thy safe recess old friends burn dim, like lamps in noisome air love them for what they are; nor love them less, because to thee they are not what they were. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#because #burn #dim #friends #lamps

Authors change publishers because it's like being married for a long time and suddenly you want to go out and have a wild affair! No, not seriously, sometimes the deal is more interesting with a new publisher, and other times they have more enthusiasm for your books. ↗

— Jackie Collins

#authors #because #being #books #change

I have this theory that people in Hollywood don't read. They read 'Vanity Fair' and then consider themselves terribly well read. I think I can basically write about anybody without getting caught. ↗

— Jackie Collins

#anybody #basically #caught #consider #fair

As a little girl living in the English countryside, I used to go running around in the forests, creating my own fairy tale. ↗

— Lily Collins

#countryside #creating #english #english countryside #fairy

My parents read me fairy tales every night and I used to believe I was a fairytale princess, like every young girl. I had all the Disney dressing-up costumes and would play every character. ↗

— Lily Collins

#character #costumes #disney #every #every night

When I go on Japanese Airlines, I really love it because I like Japanese food. ↗

— Phil Collins

#airlines #because #food #go #i

I'm Ric Flair! The Stylin', profilin', limousine riding, jet flying, kiss-stealing, wheelin' n' dealin' son of a gun! ↗

— Ric Flair

#flying #gun #i #jet #riding